Parliament Seeks Comment on the Draft IRP 2018

The portfolio committee on energy has called for comment on the Draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2018.

The IRP was published for comment at the end of August 2018.

Its time frame has been revised to 2030.

During a media briefing at the release of the revised plan, energy minister Jeff Radebe indicated that a number of policy adjustments had been made including the retention of annual build limits for the period up to 2030, the inclusion of 1000MW of coal-to-power in 2023–2024, based on two already procured and announced projects, the inclusion of 2500MW of hydro power in 2030 to facilitate the RSA-DRC treaty on the Inga Hydro Power Project and the utilization of existing PV, Wind and Gas allocations in the plan.

The following new additional capacity by 2030 is included in the Draft IRP: 1000 MW of generation from Coal, 2 500 MW from Hydro, 5 670 MW from PV, 8 100 MW from Wind and 8 100 MW from Gas.